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Since the conclusion of the 2017 general elections, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has been working to further enhance its capacity in risk management. It has developed a Risk Management Framework for an enterprise-wide risk management strategy that would enable the Commission to comply with the Government of Kenya requirements, but also incorporate election-specific risks into a comprehensive framework.

Professional electoral administrators are key to delivering well-organized, credible and genuine elections. The electoral management bodies (EMBs) perform best when their leadership has thorough understanding of the mechanics, principles and good practices in electoral administration.

In the context of the MoU between International IDEA and the Program for Young Politicians in Africa (PYPA), International IDEA will participate in the needs assessment meetings with political parties in Mauritius (25-30 May 2019) and Madagascar (30 May - 2 June 2019) as part of a baseline mapping for ‘’Policy and Organizational Support Programme’’, a Sida-funded political party strengthening initiative (2019-2020).

International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) will be organizing a multi-party dialogue session on Yemen that will take place in Stockholm on 8-12 April 2019. 

إقرأ النص باللغة العربية في أدناه

In line with the Areas of Cooperation as stated in the MoU between International IDEA and the African Union Commission (AUC), the Africa and West Asia Programme (AWA) is scheduled to host a High-Level Reflection Group on the theme "Democratic Governance and Preventive Diplomacy in Africa” in Johannesburg on 16 March 2019.

International IDEA and Gender Links are running an Electoral Risk Management (ERM) Workshop entitled “Violence against women in political and electoral processes” in Johannesburg, South Africa, during the period 15–17 January 2019.

Inclusivity lies at the core of democracy and its underpinning principle of equal participation for all. The principle foundation of democracy is that all who are affected by a decision should have the right to participate in making that decision, either directly or through chosen their representatives. Thus, to exclude any individual or societal group from participation in decision-making is tantamount to a violating the primary meaning of democracy.

Professional electoral administrators are key to delivering well-organized, credible and genuine elections. Electoral management bodies (EMBs) perform best when their leadership has thorough understanding of the mechanics, principles and good practices in electoral administration.

The Africa and West Asia Programme Office of International IDEA, in partnership with the Department of Political Affairs of the African Union Commission, the Ministry of Justice and the Executive Secretariat of the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparation Commission of the Gambia, will hold the Training on Conflict Sensitive Media Coverage in Transitional Justice Process to the Gambia in Banjul to contribute to the development of a participatory, inclusive, transparent, accountable and s

Tunis Office of the International IDEA Africa and West Asia Programme organizes, in partnership with the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), the UNDP Libya and the Libyan Central Commission for Municipal Councils Elections (CCMCE), a three-day workshop on Voter-outreach pl

The "Africa Regional Conference on Financing of Electoral Processes: An Investment for Inclusive and Sustainable Democracy" is  a joint initiative of International IDEA and the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) to be held in Windhoek, Namibia for the period 7-8 June 2018.

Following a successful first summer school for youth cadres of political parties in Africa that was held in May 2017, the Africa and West Asia Programme of the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) and the Department of Political Affairs (DPA) of the African Union Commission (AUC), in collaboration with the National Consultative Forum of Political Organizations in Rwanda (NFPO

The second edition of Africa Innovation Summit (AIS 2018), which will take place for the period 6-8 June 2018 in Kigali, Rwanda, will focus on innovation as a tool to address Africa’s pressing challenges, such as poverty, health, education, food security and Good Governance. The AIS is about seeking disruptive solutions to Africa’s challenges. Importantly, innovation, for the AIS, is not just about science and technology, it encompasses all sectors.

International IDEA is pleased to invite you to the launch of the report “Political Participation of Refugees: Bridging the Gaps” in Tunis, followed by a panel of experts and practitioners who will discuss the challenges and good practices with regards to refugees’ formal and non-formal political participation in host countries, as well as refugees' role in peace and democracy-building in their origin countries.

Hosting an estimated 1.3 million refugees mainly from South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Uganda has become Africa’s major destination of refugees and one of the top five worldwide.

Professional electoral administrators are key to delivering well-organized, credible and genuine elections. Electoral management bodies (EMBs) perform best when their leadership has thorough understanding of the mechanics, principles and good practices in electoral administration.

International IDEA will launch the second round of Building Resources in Democracy, Governance and Elections (BRIDGE) workshops cycle on Media and Elections from 23-26 December 2017.  The workshop will target 22 media representatives from across Libya’s geographic and media spectrums.

The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) in partnership with L'Association Béninoise de Droit Constitutionnel  and l’Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie, will host a Regional Policy Dialogue with the theme, “Three Decades of Democratic Transition in Africa: What are the Dividends for the Citizens?” from 10-12 November 2017 in Cotonou, Benin.

Background

Within the joint International IDEA-NIMD project “Respect for women’s political rights: fostering Political Environments for Equal Participation and Leadership of Women in Political Parties”, workshops were held with six Tunisian political parties, between July and September 2017, to assist them in developing national action plans to promote women political participation within their ranks.

The 29th Assembly of Heads of States of African Union (AU) highlighted the need for the Continental organization to go beyond Vulnerability Assessment and to adopt a more Structural Preventive Diplomacy approach in order to contribute substantially to the achievement of the AU agenda 2020 on Silencing the Guns in Africa and to the First Ten Years Implementation Plan of the AU Agenda 2063.

As a result, the main objectives of the Inception and Coordination meeting are the following: